Ahmedabad vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ahmedabad	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$881
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1162	$2144
🏠 One person rent	$222	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$366	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.5	$56.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$1518
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	56	55
😀 Quality of life	56	60
🏙️ Population	7.65M	434K

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 43% less expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 8477th and 6078th ($505 vs $881) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 3rd in India and South Africa, respectively. Check India vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.7 months in Cape Town. Ahmedabad ranked 17th best city to live in India vs Cape Town ranked 3rd in South Africa, while ranked 5867th and 5406th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Cape Town

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	Ahmedabad	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.02	$7.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.4	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.25	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.59	$2.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.31	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$1202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$284	$749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.4	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.6	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.43	$39.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.94%	11.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1344	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$729	$1307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.79	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.25	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$7.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$4.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.18	$4.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$2.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$5.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.3	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$81.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1882	$4013

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$396
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$377
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$399
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$385
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$353
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$338
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$809
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$301
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$323
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$308
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$336
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$281
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$338
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$390
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$345
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$358
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$377
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$359
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$360
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$315
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$370
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$391
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$482
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$336
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$457
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$379
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$706
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$334
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$297
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$510
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$375
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$316
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$392
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$292
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$291
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$375

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$773
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$632
371 km or 231 mi	George	$684
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$805
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$643
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$704
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$703
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$753
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$710
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$683
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$511
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$535
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$689
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$682
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$765
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$719
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$738
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$631
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$633
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$875
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$656
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$603
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$776
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$807
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$889
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$780
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$751
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$718